Michaela Whitbourn, Louise Hall
Lawyers for Fairfax Media have dismissed as an extraordinary "conspiracy theory" claims that it was motivated to investigate Treasurer Joe Hockey's links with a Liberal Party fundraising body in...

Louise Hall, Michaela Whitbourn
Treasurer Joe Hockey says Fairfax Media was motivated by "petty spite" in publishing a series of articles about his involvement in a Liberal Party fundraising body and he was "kept very much at arm's...

Louise Hall
Former political staffer James Ashby could be forced to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees incurred by Peter Slipper after dropping his sexual harassment suit less than a fortnight...

Louise Hall
Two years after he sensationally claimed turncoat MP Peter Slipper had subjected him to months of sexual harassment when he worked as a media advisor in the then-Speaker's office, James Ashby has...

Louise Hall
Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey's claims that he was defamed by a series of articles about a fund-raising forum that offered access to the Treasurer in exchange for donations of thousands of dollars...

Louise Hall Daniel Flitton
An Afghan man has successfully forced an ASIO chief - David Irvine - to testify for the first time in court in a bid to overturn a secret security assessment linking him to people smuggling.

Louise Hall, Daniel Flitton
An Afghan man has successfully forced ASIO chief David Irvine to testify in a Sydney court in a bid to overturn a secret security assessment linking him to people smuggling.

Louise Hall
Claims of sexual harassment by former political staff member James Ashby against former speaker Peter Slipper will finally be put on trial after an appeal court overturned a decision to throw out his...

Louise Hall
Claims of sexual harassment by former political staff member James Ashby against former speaker Peter Slipper will finally be put on trial after an appeal court overturned a decision to throw out his...

Dan Harrison and Louise Hall
Former Defence Force chief Peter Cosgrove (left) has long been a front-runner to become Australia's next governor-general, those who know him saying he is a ''unifying figure'' who has remained...

Dan Harrison, Louise Hall, Marcus Strom
Former defence chief Peter Cosgrove has long been a front runner for the role of Australia's next governor-general, and those who know him say he is a ''unifying figure'' who has remained...